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Her early conditionher connexion with ancient Buddhism - her architectural remains — her famous temples , holy wells and tanks , and numerous gháts or stairs leading down to the Gangesthe legends concerning them — the peculiar customs ...
Her early conditionher connexion with ancient Buddhism - her architectural remains — her famous temples , holy wells and tanks , and numerous gháts or stairs leading down to the Gangesthe legends concerning them — the peculiar customs ...
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Karnghaņța Táláo or Tank.— Temple of the Demon Bhút - Bhairo.Temple of Bará Gaņeś . - Jagannath . — Satís 116 CHAPTER IX . The Piśách - Mochan Tank . - Legend of the Goblin Piśách.The Festival of Lotá - Bhanța , or the Egg - plant .
Karnghaņța Táláo or Tank.— Temple of the Demon Bhút - Bhairo.Temple of Bará Gaņeś . - Jagannath . — Satís 116 CHAPTER IX . The Piśách - Mochan Tank . - Legend of the Goblin Piśách.The Festival of Lotá - Bhanța , or the Egg - plant .
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Raja Cheit Singh's Tank . – Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares.- Temple of Vedavyás . — Panch - kosi Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares .-- Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares .
Raja Cheit Singh's Tank . – Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares.- Temple of Vedavyás . — Panch - kosi Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares .-- Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares .
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Shiva gave him instructions how to behave himself , and left him to his own meditations ; whereupon , as a first exploit , with his chakra or discus he dug the tank denominated , from its origin , the Chakr - pushkarni .
Shiva gave him instructions how to behave himself , and left him to his own meditations ; whereupon , as a first exploit , with his chakra or discus he dug the tank denominated , from its origin , the Chakr - pushkarni .
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The temple of Kámanánáth is connected with a depressed plain close by , which was formerly an extensive jhíl or pond , and was then called the Machaudarí Tírth , or place of pilgrimage , which , like other tanks 114 BENARES , PAST AND ...
The temple of Kámanánáth is connected with a depressed plain close by , which was formerly an extensive jhíl or pond , and was then called the Machaudarí Tírth , or place of pilgrimage , which , like other tanks 114 BENARES , PAST AND ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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